Christmas Edition 2019

SKILLS OF THE WARRAMUNGA

314 pages $ 21.25 9780648278085

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ABOUT THE BOOK

Early in 1946, former army officer, Jamie Munro, and his half-Aboriginal friend and colleague, Jack 'Jacko' O'Brien, who head the Commonwealth Investigation Service in Darwin, are called on to assist in the rescue of Colonel John Cook, a senior operativeofMI6, whohas beenkidnappedbybandits and taken into the jungles ofMalaya.

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Jamie and Jacko had worked in intelligence operations with Colonel Cook during the desert campaign in North Africa in the SecondWorldWar, as theAfrikaCorps threatenedEgypt.

With Jacko's half-sister, Sarah, a full-bloodAborigine fromTennant Creek, they arrive in Kuala Lumpur to �nd that they not only have to contend with the impenetrable jungle of the Malay peninsula, but also with a murderous and subversive organisation of Fascist criminals whose aim is to disrupt the creation of the Malayan Union by the British Military Authority, set to takeplaceon1st of April 1946, foment anuprising and takeover control of the country.

All the inherent bushcraft skills of the Warramunga are needed to rescue Colonel Cook as well as prevent catastrophic mayhemon theMalayanpeninsula.

This is the thirdbook in theWarramunga trilogy.

Greg Kater

EC Magazine | Christmas Edition 2019 Theprincipal �ctional characters interactwith actual historical �gures andeventswhichhavebeen rigorously researched. The subject of each novel is partly inspiredby the experiences of the author's father during thewar in theMiddle East, and partly by his own experiences in South East Asia and in northern Australia where he worked extensively throughout the Northern Territory and the Kimberley. The principal themes are adventure, friendship, mystery, criminal investigation, romance and skill. Greg Kater is an Australian-based author. He lives in Sanctuary Cove, Gold Coast, Queensland and has recently retired froma 55-year international career in the resources industry. TheWarramunga'sWar is his �rst work of �ction. He has since written and published twomore books, TheWarramunga's Aftermath of War andSkills of theWarramunga, altogether comprising a trilogy.

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